Political Quotes

“I don't intend to take 5 minutes, but this issue is rather important. In the long history of the United States Navy, we have always built our ships in America. The Ready Reserve Fleet is part of our national defense system. It provides ships that are necessary for the hauling of cargo that are always ready and available for the military to move its equipment--men, supplies, women--wherever they may need to go across the oceans. That reserve fleet is going to need to be recapitalized and replaced over the next several years. The question before us is whether that fleet and those new ships will be built in America or in China or Japan or Korea. This amendment would simply require that they be built in America, as they have in the past. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. Point of Order”